Everyone woke fairly early the next day. We made our daily early morning trip to the diner up the street from Guigo’s house. After a few cups of cafe espressos and a ham sandwich, I felt great. JT Torres and Mike Fowler were up first that day. Both Mike and JT lost first round on very controversial reffing.
My weight division started out with my opponent not making weight and being DQ’d. In my second match I beat a fight from the Ryan Gracie Academy with two sweeps ending the match 4-0. In the semi final match, I was pretty much on top the whole match working a double under and under over pass, I even made him turn to his knees twice! The match somehow went to a ref decision giving my opponent the berth in the finals.
Bad reffing aside, I was able to manage the Bronze medal at a tough tournament in Brazil. Although I do consider this an accomplishment to a certain degree I still feel like I can do a lot better. The experience alone has made me a better fighter, and more prepaired to be a world champion in 2010. If it wasn’t for Team Lloyd Irvin, there is no way that I would be where I am today……in life AND Jiu-Jitsu. So all in all my experience in Brazil was life changing to say the least…but also, the first of many!
Team Lloyd Irvin - Better than Team Jacob & Team Edward
Jon Delbrugge
Crazy 88 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
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